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What is ctfmon.exe? Speech

Vendor: Microsoft

Product: Windows

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Last Seen by PC Pitstop: No Data

PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.

PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.

PC Pitstop has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.

This process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

PC Pitstop Analysis

Purpose: ctfmon.exe supports speech input in Windows/Office.
In Office this process has been known to consume significant resources, especially processor time, if it is not configured correctly or is turned on by accident.
If you are not using this, is safe to disable it.

ctfmon.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.

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ctfmon.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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ctfmon.exe Technical Information

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 19.76%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB